--- title: In every language there are words that are not teasing but punches;… — Words that hurt — what they mean, never to be said · tree and pragmatics description: In every language there are words that are not teasing but punches; you learn what they mean so you know when someone is being cruel, and you never learn them to use — that is why this lesson gives the meanings, not the words. Who acts: words, you, someone, that. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (words, you, someone, that), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:chinese-street:024-words-that-hurt.lesson:0 # text = In every language there are words that are not teasing but punches; you learn what they mean so you know when someone is being cruel, and you never learn them to use — that is why this lesson gives the meanings, not the words. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = chinese-street # lesson = 024-words-that-hurt.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 teasing tease VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 acl _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 punches punch NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=6:conj 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=5:conj 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 obj _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 ccomp _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 23 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=26:cop 25 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 cop _ _ 26 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 advcl _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=21:ccomp 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 learn learn VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=15:conj|HaikuPos=VERB:VB:VerbForm=Inf 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 35 — — PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 parataxis _ _ 39 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 lesson lesson NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl:relcl _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 meanings meaning NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 conj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **does** | present | words | | | every language; there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in language=Location | | 2 | **not** **tease** | present · progressive | words | | | | | | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **learn** | present | you | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **mean** | present | words *= word* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** | present · progressive | someone | | | | | cruel *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **not** **learn** | present | you | words *= word* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **use** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | present | that | | | | | why *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **give** | present | this lesson | the meanings and the words | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:chinese-street:024-words-that-hurt.lesson:0`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R5-strong ×1, R7-rel-agree ×3, R8-pos-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Friendly teasing — when it's fun and w…, 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/23-friendly-teasing/16/) - next →: [Words that hurt — what they mean, neve…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/24-words-that-hurt/)